Flight crew complying with TCAS RA 'descend' command received an instruction from ATC to climb due t...

Attributes
ACN	1071547
Time
Date	201303
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude

Narrative:

Enroute from ZZZ to lax at 7;000 feet MSL; we were given a turn to 150 and holding instructions. I missed the altitude assignment and efc time and asked ATC to repeat them. As he repeated the instructions; we got a TCAS traffic alert which blocked the controller's transmission. The TCAS warning then escalated to a resolution advisory with a descend command. I called the controller advising of our responding to a TCAS descent RA. He replied to climb to 7;000 feet for terrain. We could easily see all the terrain in our area and were above all the terrain within 5 miles of our position according to the egpws terrain display on my mfd. Once the clear of conflict aural was received; the captain immediately returned to 7;000 feet.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight crew complying with TCAS RA 'Descend' command received an instruction from ATC to climb due to terrain. Crew; observing that terrain was not a factor; delayed climb until TCAS 'Clear of Conflict' was received.

Narrative: Enroute from ZZZ to LAX at 7;000 feet MSL; we were given a turn to 150 and holding instructions. I missed the altitude assignment and EFC time and asked ATC to repeat them. As he repeated the instructions; we got a TCAS TRAFFIC ALERT which blocked the Controller's transmission. The TCAS warning then escalated to a Resolution Advisory with a descend command. I called the Controller advising of our responding to a TCAS descent RA. He replied to climb to 7;000 feet for terrain. We could easily see all the terrain in our area and were above all the terrain within 5 miles of our position according to the EGPWS terrain display on my MFD. Once the clear of conflict aural was received; the Captain immediately returned to 7;000 feet.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Flight crew complying with TCAS RA 'descend' command received an instruction from ATC to climb due to terrain. Crew; observing that terrain was not a factor; delayed climb until TCAS 'clear of conflict' was received.